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Dora
Mar 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
Very good book with a really interesting story behind it. (You can read about it here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st... )

I need to read it in less of a rush. The writing is beautiful and the story is interesting, although the story line is a bit too diffuse for my taste.

The description of the father's seizures and the grandfather's dementia are both amazing.

Hard to recommend because it's difficult to read; on the other hand, it's really very short, so it's not hard to hang in there long
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Jennifer
Jul 07, 2011 rated it liked it
I would have really loved this book in college, especially if I had a chance to discuss it in class. I was interested in the changing perspectives of the main character and his father, but unfortunately, I don't have enough functioning brain cells right now to fully appreciate this book. ...more
Joyce
Nov 28, 2010 rated it it was ok
There are some stunningly beautiful passages in this slender novel of what a man experiences and thinks about as he dies.
Kecia
Mar 17, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Stunningly beautiful. It made me think of Hemingway and that's the highest praise I give any book.

Clocks and time, life and death.

mother, father, son.

Home.

Tick tock.
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